I have heard these called chocolate macaroons, haystacks, muskrat hut cookies, and many other names, but I grew up knowing them as spider cookies. They were one of my favorites as a kid, and remain so today. This recipe is the one that my mother used to make for my sister and...

  Being a dad, french fries are a very common occurrence in my home. Sometimes we have a store brand, sometimes homemade, sometimes baked, sometimes fried, but they are certainly made often. The thing is, I enjoy having more variance in my meals than my moderately picky children. I also...

As I have mentioned in other breakfast related posts I am the most functional person fist thing in the morning. I am not one of those that is grumpy by any means, it just takes me a bit longer than most to wake up all the way and really get...

Ok so one thing about me is that I am not even remotely a good morning person. This often means that I stumble through the morning routine half awake with a cup of coffee and am lucky if I get a bowl of cereal before the kids and I head...

Maple lemonade is the perfect thirst quenching summertime drink. Sweetened with maple syrup rather than sugar, this lemonade is refreshingly tart with just the right amount of sweetness. The flavors of fresh squeezed lemon and pure maple syrup leave you unable to consider buying lemonade form a store again. Lemonade...